The Last of the Mohicans

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Nick M Tourneur's work is always visually appealing, and this picture is no exception. Given its reputation within the silent film community, however, I was expecting more substance here. It is by no means a bad film, but up until the last 25 minutes it was bland and fairly run-of-the-mill for pictures of this era. Its Wikipedia entry has a snippet from film historian Charles Higham touting Barbara Bedford's performance as "nothing short of miraculous" because of her subtlety and how "daring" she was to display an inkling of sexual desire, which he describes as "revolutionary" and virtually unheard of for the era. This is absolute bunk. Theda Bara, Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, Geraldine Farrar, and the countless "vamp" characters featured throughout the last half decade leading up 1920 had made overt displays of female sexuality, if not the norm, fairly common in the world of cinema by this point. I found her performance to be uncommonly wooden and lifeless. She finally begins emoting in the last few scenes, but for a film with few stand-out performances, she is at the back of the pack. Wallace Beery is believable as the villain Magua, and Alan Roscoe isn't too far behind with his depiction of Uncas, but until the sacking of Fort William Henry this was dull, dull, dull. Tourneur's direction absolutely shines during these chaotic few minutes where the actions of what look like hundreds of extras were effectively coordinated to produce a startling scene of mayhem and carnage. The climactic scene on top of the cliff is astonishing even by 21st century standards - what an ending! However, these moments aren't enough to elevate the picture to anything close to a masterpiece. National Film Registry Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/30/24 Full Review Grant R ooff… that was rotten. Although if your looking for a hysterical laugh I would recommend it. It's funny as heck in almost every scene. Especially sense the actors completely sucked Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/02/23 Full Review Audience Member I want to watch this movie since I was a student Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Not that good a movie. An odd love story that has more to do with the Anglo-French conflict than any native Americans. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Great pace, acting, and cinematography, particularly for 1920 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Tourneur (and Brown) frame everything so beautifully that I'm tempted, at times, to quit following the story and the film's often hollow acting (particularly from the female lead), and just bask in its pictorial radiance. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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